College Track & Field: Northern splits sites

February 07, 2009|From Staff Reports

VERMILLION - The Northern State track and field teams split up and competed at indoor meets in South Dakota and North Dakota. The Wolves fielded relay teams on Friday at the Bill Hillenbrand Invitational hosted by the University of South Dakota in the DakotaDome. NSU took three fifth-place finishes and one sixth. The Vermillion meet, which concludes today, included 25 schools from NCAA I, NCAA II and NAIA. “This is a huge meet,” said Northern track and field coach Jim Fuller. “If you place here, you really did well. I thought we ran OK. It was really crowded on the track. We didn't run as fast as we did last week at Concordia.” The Wolves took field events athletes to the Bison Open at North Dakota State in Fargo. Amanda Madden won the women's weight throw and was sixth in the shot put. On the men's side Cody Hunt finished second in the second put. “The thing I was most pleased about was they were more consistent especially in the women's shot put,” said NSU assistant coach Brenda Fuller. “Amanda, Melodi and Katie all got six throws and they were much more consistent. Instead of having one big throw, they had several throws within inches of each other.” The Bison Open finished on Friday. BILL HILLENBRAND INVITE NSU Women's Results 800-Meter Relay: 5, Northern (Marisa Aldinger, Emily Fritz, Maria Franker, Andrea Sjomeling), 1:52.19. Distance Medley Relay: 5, Northern (Toni Fritz, Caitlyn Bjerke, Michelle Nickolas, Danielle Nickolas), 13:18.11. NSU Men's Results 800-Meter Relay: 6, Northern (Zach Kjolsing, Augustus Capers, Max Greenfield, Mike Merkel), 1:38.81. Distance Medley Relay: 5, Northern (Brock Rose, Matt Peterson, Richard Keroack, Josh Schmeichel), 10:47.52. BISON OPEN NSU Women's Events Weight Throw: 1, Amanda Madden, 56-4 . Shot Put: 4, Melodi Boke, 40-5; 6, Amanda Madden, 40-3 ; 7, Katie Smith, 37-4 . NSU Men's Events Pole Vault: 5, Ross Pfeifle, 15-3; 8, Wade Royer, 14-9. Shot Put: 2, Cody Hunt, 50-7 .